Week Six

For my final week I have been looking into Black and White images because I find that colour doesn't work for me as well as black and white does. I have chosen a range of images from portraits of my grandma to random pictures that have caught my eye and work well

in black and white. The first two images were taken using a Pentax K1000 and the rest with a Lumix Panasonic DMC-FZ18.

Week Five

For week five I have had a go at long exposure star trails. These images were taken using a Canon 550D and a cable release. For this process I used a low ISO and started at 5 minutes and doubled the the exposure time until I got to 20 minutes. I kept getting an orange glow from the village below which i think was spoiling the images but overall I think the final image came out better than I imagined. If I were to take these images again I would use a higher aperture and possibly choose a remote location to avoid any light from below spoiling the image.

f/5.6

ISO100

55mm

301s exposure

f/4.5

ISO100

18mm

300s exposure

f/5.6

ISO100

55mm

600s exposure

f/4.5

ISO100

18mm

1241s exposure

f/4.5

ISO100

18mm

754s exposure

Week Four

This week I have been focusing on skating.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job or a method of transportation and has been shaped and influenced by many skaters throughout the years. Skateboard photography can be quite interesting and exciting for a photographer. Skaters can be found in most cities and towns, either in skate parks or out on the streets.

Not every skateboard shot needs to be up close and tightly cropped, I stepped back and made the skater a small important part of the scene.

I added a tilt to the composition for a feel of uneasiness, I also slowed the shutter slightly to convey motion within the image.

I had been watching this guy try this for about 5 mins so I new what he was going to do so I positioned myself and got the camera ready and fired one off at the perfect moment.

For These two images I was trying to get the different body shape and form from the skater in mid-air.

Week Three

This week I have been looking at structures by the sea such as St. Michael's Mount. A colourful early Spring evening. These images were taken from the hillside looking over towards St.Michaels Mount. When the tide is low you can walk over to the mount via a causeway but I unfortunately did not have this opportunity as it was high tide. These images were taken with a Lumix Panasonic DMC-FZ18. I couldn't decide on which image I preferred the most out of the four. I also threw in an image of the docks at Mevagissey.

f/8

ISO100

32mm

1/200s exposure

f/7.1

ISO100

14mm

1/200s exposure

f/7.1

ISO100

14mm

1/200s exposure

f/6.3

ISO100

12mm

1/200s exposure

f/3.6

ISO100

16mm

1/10s exposure

Contextual

Robert Capa - The Falling Man

September 5th 1936, Cerro Muriano

Denotation

In this image there is a loyalist soldier at the moment of death. The surroundings appear to be on a hillside in a desert, the grass is thin and wispy. In the distance you can see mountains and a valley in between. The sky is cloudy but the sun is shining because the shadow on the loyalist soldier is very hard on the ground. The soldier is falling to the ground as he dies and he loses grip of the gun in his hand. You cannot see the bullet woundon the soldiers body. There appears to be somekinfod messenger bag on the soldier.

Connotation

Robert Capa was a Hungarian 20th centuary combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars. The photographer died when he stepped on a landmine in southeast Asia, he died with his camera in his hand. My chosen image is titled 'Loyalist malitia man at the moment of death' believed to be taken on September 5th 1936 in Cerro Muriano during the spanish civil war. There has been a long controversy of the authenticity of the photograph a Spanish paper had said it been staged and many beleive the soldier was posing for Capa when the soldier was shot possibly by a sniper. The equipment Capa used for the spanish civil war was a 35mm Leica. Capa's 35mm Leica hand-held camera gave him the mobility necessary to manoeuvre in dangerous situation.

Capa hated conflict, and photographed people on both sides of hostilities as individual victims of the destructive forces of war. When photographing the sufferings of innocent civilians, Capa often turned his lens on the children. Although he rarely photographed the dead or grievously wounded, Capa focused more on the survivors who were caught up in the ordinarities of life when surrounded by a maelstrom of destruction. In all Capa allowed viewers to experience the wars as intimately as if they were right there when it happened. Capa originally wanted to be a writer however he found work in photography in Berlin and grew to love it. He was known to say "If your images aren't good enough, you aren't close enough".

Week Two

This week I have been looking at lomography and I wanted to recreate the effects using photoshop. I followed a tutorial on my link list that i found best for me, I used Photoshop CS2 to get the effect that I wanted.

This is the image i found most successful out of the five. I took these set of images using a Lumix Panasonic DMC-FZ18. I particularly like the colour in this image the added saturation and contrast makes it look authentic.

I like this image because of the symetry in the iron railings and the lamp post works well against in addition to the symetry of the railings. I think I could have made the vignette a bit softer as it is draws attention away from the image.

I find this image appealing because of the colour, the yellow woody colour of the poles goes well against the saturated sky. I feel I've made the vignette too heavy and would re-do the same image with better weather conditions.

I feel I've done the same for this image and made the vignette too heavy, however I enjoy the perspective oif this image it shows how grand the poles stand tall.

I find this image appealing because the lighting came out really well on this image, the shadow in the folds of the crane are really crisp and the head is in focus but the tail is not and the shadow on the wall just tips it all off however I didn't like the vignette on this image I prefer it without.

Week One

Telegraph Pole
Mevagissey,Cornwall
February 2010

I took this photo with a digital SLR Canon EOS 350D The reason I took this image is because I liked the way that the shadow falled hard on the back of the pole. I also think I used the rule of thirds perfectly on this image and the way the wires grow thinnner in the distance as it grows further away goes nicely with the sky fades to lighter tone in the corner of the image.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46935747@NO2/4352922410/sizes/l/

I am comparing my image to that of the link above. Both of the images have that clear sky in the background wich starts to fade towards the sun. They both have hard lighting from the sun adding a nice tonal range to the picture.